THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1992
GOVERNOR TO MEET POLITICAL GROUPS IN JANUARY
WITH
GOVERNOR A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT THE WILL HOLD A THIRD ROUND OF CONSULTATIONS
SIX POLITICAL GROUPS
DURING JANUARY.
FIRST TWO THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE GOVERNOR FOUND THE
WOULD WELCOME A THIRD ROUNDS OF CONSULTATIONS VERY VALUABLE AND HE
PROPOSALS ARE PUT ROUND IN JANUARY BEFORE HIS CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
GOVERNOR MEETS DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMEN
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THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, HELD HIS THIRD MEETING WITH THE CHAIRMEN OF THE EIGHTEEN CHAIRMEN ATTENDED.
THE GOVERNOR SAID HE FOUND THE MEETING VERY HE UNDERTOOK TO REFLECT ON THEIR VIEWS CONCERNING AND DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
TODAY (THURSDAY) DISTRICT BOARDS.
CONSTRUCTIVE AND APPOINTED MEMBERS
MR PATTEN MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE WELCOMES THE DEBATE WHICH IS NOW UNDER WAY ON HIS CONSTITUTIONAL PROPOSALS.
HE SAID THE AIM MUST BE TO DEVISE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE 1994/95 ELECTIONS WHICH MEET THE CRITERIA OF ACCEPTABILITY TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, HAPPY TO DISCUSS HIS OWN OR OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPOSALS.
OPENNESS, FAIRNESS AND AND TO THIS END, HE IS
IN DUE COURSE. THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL WILL DECIDE ON LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS WHICH WILL THEN BE PUT ΤΟ THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT WHAT WILL EMERGE FROM THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WILL BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY.
WHICH
"THE ESSENTIAL POINT IS NOT WHO MAKES THE PROPOSALS BUT WHETHER THEY WOULD LEAD TO OPEN AND FAIR ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS COMMAND THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY."
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